Doc says a past stroke could be causing symptoms. My Mom’s heart rate dropped she passed out unfortunately she was climbing stairs when this happened. Turns out she had pneumonia, treated for 6 days in hospital released ended up back in hospital with build up of fluid. She was in ICU for around 25 days intubated 3 times pulled through all of this including a fractured clavicle from the fall. She is currently in nursing home/rehab. She, to me, is showing signs she had a stroke. I talked with the Doc who says no signs of new stroke but says it could be her previous stroke appearing. Not sure “appearing” is the right word but has anyone experienced or heard of this?
Over the past few years, since he’s been pretty much immobile, I too have noticed a pronounced garbling of speech and once again his searching for words. There are many times during the day I have to ask him to repeat things because I cannot understand him. Your poor mom has been through so much and probably on so many medications that they could be causing this as well. Are her symptoms mostly speech related or are they mobility related as well? Do you think she might benefit from some therapy or is she already getting it? If her symptoms continue, I would ask her doctor if there are any other options for her since her tests show no stroke.